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Dave Whamond leads off today because he is one of the few cartoonists who made the name of the Democrats’ (purported) VP candidate into a pun that (A) works and (B) is politically relevant and (C) shows Whamond knows how the name is pronounced. I don’t think Trump paraphrases Reagan very often, but Whamond has…
100 years ago The San Francisco Bulletin ran a series featuring editorial cartoonists from across the nation. From The San Francisco Bulletin of August 3, 1924: Below is the complete two week series. above: August 4, 1924 – William F. Hanny, The Philadelphia Inquirer (mis-identified as “Handy”) above: August 5, 1924 – William Norman Ritchie,…
Today’s Brewster Rockit (Tribune) got a chuckle but it brings up a topic I’ve been meaning to raise. It’s no secret that newspapers are in deep trouble, in part because of changes in how people consume media but mostly because vulture capitalists decided to slaughter the goose so they wouldn’t have to wait for the…
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There have been a number of chicken jokes about Trump backing out of his agreed-upon September 10 debate, but I like Adam Zyglis’s use of the “Cowardly Lyin’,” because he combines Trump’s unwillingness to step into the ring with a solid contender with his dishonesty in explaining his refusal. Trump claims that he won’t debate…
If I were a betting man, I’d listen to the croupier, “Place your bets, the game is on!” I agree with Bill Bramhall‘s cartoon. Trump kept his temper and his tongue in check until his opponent changed and the odds changed along with the lineup. I particularly enjoy Jeremy Banx‘s take on the way Harris’s…
Dr. MacLeod offers the best cartoon take on yesterday’s appearance by Donald Trump at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, which has been called both a “Dumpster fire” and a “train wreck” by the press as well as on social media. Oliver Darcy has a nice wrap-up of the coverage at…
Origins of the comic strip gutter?; MIckey Mouse’s Friends; More about Han Ola og han Per; Future Funnies; and pre-Tiger Bud Blake. Did Photo Journalism Invent the Comics Gutter? The most defining layout quality of the photo-based pages is the rectangular shape of the images (many cropped to suit page proportions) and the resulting white gutters…
Bob Weber, Jr., he of Slylock Fox fame, and Gary Hallgren, he of Air Pirates Funnies fame, have been friends and coworkers for going on forty years. Their latest partnership has been Hägar the Horrible for the past decade. Bob Weber, Jr. began writing gags and scripts for the Hägar comic strip in 2014 and…
From the AP news story: Cartoonist Roz Chast will receive the [Brooklyn Book Festival’s] annual BoBi (Best of Brooklyn) award, given to those who best exemplify the spirit of the New York City borough. About Roz Chast from The Brooklyn Book Festival: Roz Chast‘s cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978, where she…
Dave Whamond sets the table for today’s discussion. On first look, you might well think he is contrasting the left (blue) with the right (red), but if he had that in mind, it’s secondary to the main point, which is an accusation of the Mainstream Media looking for false balance by airing both truth and…
King Features made a splash at the Spring 2024 Licensing Expo and now, thanks to the Chronicle Chamber, we are getting some idea of the “Trend Guides” for some of their syndicated comic strip characters. Brands Untapped interviewed King Features’ Brand Marketing Director Beth Nock: Beth, it’s great to chat. We’re here to explore King’s…
Given the sudden disruption of the 2024 Presidential Election, I thought it only fair to present takes in opposition to my normally progressive point-of-view. Christian Adams gets to lead off because several overseas views have been unclear, perhaps because they’re not getting a full spectrum of the chatter here. It’s true that Harris represents a…
Eric Allie (Counterpoint) promotes “they,” the imaginary political scapegoat currently being used to exploit the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. It might have been a reasonable guess in the early going, but it’s increasingly obvious that there is no “they” and that Thomas Crook was no more a political operative than Lynnette Fromme. In fact,…
Thanks for coming, and don’t forget to tip your waitress. Okay, I’ve got more to say, but Tom the Dancing Bug certainly did a lot of the heavy lifting, and I’d note his inclusion of a “temperature lowerer,” which suggests that this is a post-assassination-attempt effort or at least that Bolling added an edit before…